# grow (biological)

To have more matter in a place over time.

- Computed level: L3 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [growth](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-growth.development)

**Through:** Matter persists through time and accumulates in one place, producing a larger form.

**Novel properties:**
- increasing size
- development over time

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-grow.biological*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-grow.biological.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*